Underwear for women and girls



Dec. 4, 1934. M. c. SCHRANK 1,983,147

UNDERWEAR FOR WOMEN. AND GIRLS Filed Dec. 16, 1953 Patented Dec. 934

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 1,983,147 umisaweaa FOB worms AND onus v Max 0. stmanx, Bridgeton, N. J.

ADPlication'December 18,1933, Serial No. 102,151

1 claim.- (01. 2-73) In the manufacture of clothing and particularly underwear for women and girls, it is 'of high importance to reduce the cost of manufacture to the minimum and especially in regard to labor costs 5 and at thesame time not impair the style and other qualities, essential in the feminine mind in articles of underwear. And all this is especially true having reference to the present vogue in women's apparel which'calls for garment reduction to the minimum. An object of my present invention is to achieve the conflicting requirements of reduction of cost of manufacture and the preservation of the style and practical utility of the garment. And my invention concerns underslips especially.

It will be found from the description of the embodiments of my invention hereinafter givenL that seams are reduced in number compared with similar garments heretofore, material is economized so that there is a substantial saving in labor and material cost and all this is particularly true of slips with shadow-proofing to which my invention is especially applicable.

My invention consists in whatever is described by or is included within the terms or scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: a Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a slip embody ing my invention viewed from-the back, with a torn-away portion; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cut-out blank or piece of cloth for making the slip shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is. a horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. v I

Describing in detail what is shown in the draw- 1118, the waist or body portion 10, and the skirt 11, including the shadow-proof member 12, are

in one integrai piece,'these parts being included in the one-piece blank shown in Fig. 2 which is 40 substantially L-shape due to the lateral projecthat are substantially duplicate, the opposite side edges of each portion being shaped on curves to approximate the contour of the wearer's body and when folded or doubled over on a median line 15, the then adjoning curved edges are sewed from top to the waistline, or a little below, to provide side seams 16, there being no seams elsewhere except the horizontal line of stitching 17, at the junction of the waist and skirt that joins .the top edge of the shadow-proof forming over lap 12, to the garment at the waist line, or below as the waist line.

it extends horizontally, and folded over upon the It will be evident that cost of manufacture of the slip shown, especially on account of labor, may be very low.

Preferably there is a hem 18, at the bottom of the skirt formed by folding over the lower edge and a hem 19, at the top which latter may be conveniently formed of folded over separately made straight strips.

What I claim is:

A slip havingbody and waist portions with front and back members of substantially duplicate shape from top to bottom and side to side and joined at their sides by seams extending downward from the top at least to the waist, said front and back members being integral and one of said members having extending horizontally from one side an overlap that terminates at the top in an edge that extends crosswise of the slip between the top and'bottom of the slip and is secured thereto by a crosswise extending line of stitching adjacent the top edge of the overlap, said over:- lapfrom top to bottom being a single thickness of material and situated on the inner side of the piece to which it is stitched at the top, and from top to bottom being of a length not more than half the distance from top to bottom of the fabric that constitutes the upper and lower portions of the completed garment, said overlap being integral with the garment member from the side of which latter on a line that extends downwai'd, from the top of the overlap where it joins said member, to

the bottom of the slip, there being only three plies of material at the skirt of the garment, two of such plies being at the overlap, and the overlap being free from the bottom of the overlap upward to said crosswise line of stitching and that portion of the skirt overlying said overlap being free at and vertical edge and free from such edge inward to allow movement under pressure from the leg 9 movements of the wearer within the skirt.

MAX C. SCHRANK. 

